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by rhaway84773
1021 days ago
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Are hundreds of people drying every year due to these gas drills? Ok, then yes. We draw the line based on observed effects. The observed effect is it’s costing the US $1Bn every year and the additional cost will pale in comparison. If you want to disagree with those numbers fine. If you think saving $1bn per year and tend to hundreds of lives at the cost of a few hundred thousand is not worth it. Fair enough. That’s why you elect legislators who have to approve and/or can disallow these rules. The lines are drawn by your elected representatives based on costs and benefits. That’s where you draw the line. |
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Given the number of people involved, which, as I've posted elsewhere in this thread, is miniscule (1300 deaths and 77,000 injuries over 17 years, which equates to 77 deaths and 4529 injuries per year), I have extreme difficulty believing this number. It looks like a number pulled out of someone's orifice for FUD.
> The lines are drawn by your elected representatives based on costs and benefits.
Not if they are based on numbers that don't seem to have any relation to reality.
Not to mention the fact, which has already been pointed out by several posters in this thread, including me, that the numbers involved are tiny compared to the numbers for traffic deaths--and automobile safety is already regulated up one side and down the other. Which should give anyone pause regarding the claimed "savings" due to regulation.